SKELTON v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

6 Div. 878.

368 So.2d 877 (1979)

James E. SKELTON v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston B. McCall, Birmingham, for appellant.

Rowena M. Crocker, Asst. City Atty., City of Birmingham, Birmingham, for appellee.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

Criminal trespass after warning; sentence: $300 fine plus costs.

On November 8, 1977, appellant was in the downtown office of Birmingham Trust National Bank (hereinafter BTNB) for the purpose of negotiating government checks. While in BTNB (in the presence of BTNB customers and employees), appellant yelled out: "I don't like for a Goddamned nigger to be staring at me." The comment was directed to Mr. Reaf Blue, a black BTNB security guard....

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